verbally

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Recent Examples of verbally District attorney Brad Smith rebutted that the sweep was necessary to protect the law enforcement officers at the house and that Colin Gray had verbally given permission to search the home. Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025 Dental students were treated even worse: eighty-six per cent had been verbally abused in the previous year. Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025 The Democrats can’t run the government and are stuck in a loop with a verbally awkward Kamala Harris, a younger version of an out-of-touch Joe Biden. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 16 July 2025 McLaughlin, in a statement to NBC News, said the man had assaulted and verbally harassed a federal agent which led to his arrest. Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for verbally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbally
aloud
Adverb
  • Active liveness detection prompts users to perform tasks such as blinking, turning their head or reading a phrase aloud.
    Mohamed Lazzouni, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Jennifer, a director and actress herself, wrote a message for fans, which Sutherland read aloud.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Verbally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbally. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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